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Toccoa was the birthplace of singer Ida Cox and strongman/philanthropist Paul Edward Anderson . It is also the hometown of former Clemson and NBA basketball player Dale Davis , former Georgia Tech and NFL football player Pat Swilling , and All-American (Georgia Tech) football player Ken Swilling. James Brown, the king of soul, lived in Toccoa a short time before his big break as a singer, and worked as a janitor at Toccoa High School. The Toccoa Falls College is located here. On November 6 , 1977 the Kelly Barnes Dam , located above the college, failed. The resulting flood killed 39 {Link without Title} . Camp Toccoa , a World War II Paratrooper training base, was located near here. It was the main training base for "Easy Company", 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, whose experiences in the Second World War were the basis for the book and subsequent HBO miniseries " Band Of Brothers ". Toccoa is also home to the Travelers Rest . On May 7, 2000 Mary Ann Stephens of Toccoa was shot to death outside a Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida while on vacation with her husband. The incident received national attention and resulted in an Academy Award-winning French documentary, '' Murder On A Sunday Morning '', on the arrest and acquittal of the original suspect {Link without Title} . GEOGRAPHY
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